Visible record and leaf holder



June 14., 1932. H. A. coNsoR VISIBLE RECORD AND LEAF HOLDER 3 Sheets-Sheet l Filed J3me 8, 1929 v 2 EJQJWT 736. (5077507 June 14, 1932. H. A. CONSOR VISIBLE RECORD AND LEAF HOLDER 3 sheets sh eet 2 Filed June 8, 1929 June 14, CQNSQR 1,862,842

VISIBLE RECORD AND LEAF HOLDER Filed June 8. 1929 Z5 Sheets-Sheet 5 2 6 ffznbefiffl. Consor @WWW Patented June 14, 1932 ice PATENT HERBERT AUSTIN CONSOR, OF MONROE, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO THE WEIS MANU- FACTURENG COMPANY, OF MONROE,

MICHIGAN, A oonronarron s MICHIGAN VISIBLE RECORD AND LEAF HOLDER Application filed June 8,

This invention relates to visible record removable leaf holders of the well known kind in which separable rings, somewhat similar to those, employed in ordinary ring books, so called, are provided for holding the leaves of the visible record system, so that these leaves can not only be removed bodily, but can also be shifted back and forth or around in different ways to facilitate the inspection of the records.

Generally stated, the object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved construction forthe back of'the holder, with a view to simplifying the same and reducing the cost of manufacture thereof, as well as avoiding the use of certain features of construction heretofore considered necessary or desirable in a leaf holder of this general character, and insuring easy and convenient operation of the o holder in actual use.

It is also an object to provide certain details and features of construction and combinations tending to increase the general efficiency and the desirability of a visible record leaf holder of this particular character.

To these and other useful ends, the invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth and claimed, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which,-

Fig. 1 is a View of a leaf holder embodying the principles of the invention, showing the same opened out flatwise, with the cards or leaves and parts of the holder in normal condition, the two halves of each ring being in alignment.

Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the halves of the, rings at one side shifted out of alignment with the other halves at the other side, to facilitate shifting of the leaves or cards in different ways.

Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 2, showing the shiftable section of the holder shifted in the opposite direction, to facilitate shifting of the cards or leaves.

Fig. -l is an enlarged view similar to Fig. 1, showing the cards or leaves removed, and showing certain portions in section.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4, on the same enlarged scale, as distinguished from Figs. 1, 2 and 3, but showing the cover plate 1929. Serial No. 369,341.

removed and showing all of the rings in section, for convenience of illustration.

Fig. 6 is a view of the under side of the partshown in Fig. 5. i

Fig. 7 is a transverse section on line 7-7 in Fig.5.

Fig. 8 is a transverse section on line 88 in Fig. 5.

Fig. 9 is a lower end or edge elevation of the structure, shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

Fig. 10 is a view similar to Fig. 8, but showing the two halves of the holder in buckled or open position, for the p-u'rpose of permitting removal of the cards or leaves. Fig. 11 is an enlarged section on line 1111 in Fig. 5. i

Fig. 12 is a detail transverse section on line 1212 in Fig.'11.

As thus illustrated, the invention comprises a resilient sheet-metal back 1 formed, as shown, to hold the two halves or relatively movable sections 2 and 3 of the holder, these sections carrying plates 9 and 22 having thereon the ring halves 4; and'5, respectively the plate 22 being fixed on section 3. The resilient sheet-metal top or cover 6 engages the longitudinal outer edges of the back 1,'as shown, and is provided with a slot 7 for the ring halves 4 to allow their movement longitudinally as well'a's transversely, as will hereinafter more fullyappear; -The cover 6 has notches 8 for the ring halves 5 to move in, when the two halves of each ring are moved toward and away fromeach other, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

The plate 9 is slidable on the section 2, having rivets or screws 10 that slide in slots 11. in the section 2, whereby the ring halves 4 are movable longitudinally of the back, as stated, when it is desired to have the ring halves l outof alignment with the ring halves .5, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 ofthe drawings. Thus the plate 9may have any one of three positions on the section 2, and the'latch projection 12 on the plate 9 is adapted to engage each offthe three notches 13, 14 and 15 in the edge of thesection 22, for each of thesethree positions. A spring 16 on the bottom of the' se'ction2 is provided with a ball '17 for engaging each of the three depressions,

18, 19 and in the bottom of the plate 9, as shown, thereby forming a click device to indicate to the user the correct position of the plate 9 for each of said three positions.

The rivets 21 are interposed between the edges of the sections 2 and 3 in the manner shown, underneath the movable plate 9 and the fixed plate 22, which latter is fixed on the section 3 of the leaf holder or ring book mechanism. These rivets 21, it will be seen, serve to hold the two tilting sections 2 and 3 against edgewise longitudinal and relative displacement in the hollow back of the holder. W hen the two halves of the holder are in closed position, as shown in Fig. 9, the sections 2 and 3 are buckled downwardly below the center, so to speak, so that the pressure of the sheet-metal back and cover 1 and 6 against the edges of the sections 2 and 3 will cause the parts to yieldingly maintain this position. This is substantially true of the parts when in the positions shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. However, when the two halves are thrown apart, as shown in Fig. 10, the sections 2 and 3 then buckle upwardly, above the center, and the resilience of the sheet-metal back and cover 1 and 6 serves to yieldingly hold the parts in this condition.

The holder can be provided with stiif covers 23 hinged. to the edges of the sheet-metal elements 1 and 6, by the hinges 2 1, in any suitable or desired manner, whereby the sheets or leaves can be brought fiatwise together, and, with the covers, form a sort of removable-leaf temporary binder or book.

In use, the leaves or cards can be held as shown in Fig. 1, and the two halves of the holder can then be relatively positioned as shown in Fig. 2 or 3, thereby to facilitate shifting or rearrangement of the leaves or cards, the latter being provided with holes 26, it will be seen, which are closer together than the rings a and 5, whereby certain holes of a leaf or card may leave the ring halves 4, and whereby other holes of the same leaf or card may then engage the ring halves 5, for example, and vice versa, when a leaf or card is shifted from one side to the other, when such is necessary or desirable. In this way, the leaves or cards can be arranged in stepped relation, as shown, to make a margin of each leaf or card visible when the covers and leaves are thrown back and spread out flatwise at any point between any two leaves or cards, in the manner well known and understood in the use of vlsible record systems of this general class.

It will be seen, therefore, that the ring halves l swing about a common axi at 27, while the ring halves 5 swing about a common axis at 28, inasmuch as the halves l tilt with the section 2, while the halves 5 tilt with the section 3, in the manner shown in Figs. 9 and 10 of the drawings.

When the ring sections 4 and 5 are out of alinement, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, their ends overlap, it will be seen, so that in shifting a group of cards from one side to the other, the holes thereof are never at any time out of engagement with the rings. In other words, it is more convenient to shift the cards or leaves from one side to the other, under such circumstances as this, than it would be, for example, when the rings are in the condition shown in Fig. 10 of the drawings, as in Fig. 10 there is a gap between the ring section a. at one side and the ring section 5 at the other side, and hence the advantage of the shifting of the cards or leaves when the unit is in the condition shown in Fig. 2 or in Fig. 3, it being observed that each card has a row of holes in which there are more holes within a given distance than there are rings, so that cards may be shifted by a less distance than that between successive rings.

Furthermore, it will be seen that the notches 13, 14; and 15 are for the purpose of holding the slide 9 in any of the positions shown in Figs. 1, 2 or 3 of the drawings when the rings are closed, for at such time it is desired that the slide 9 be held against move ment toward the top or bottom of the hinder. When it is desired to slide the ring sections ft back into normal position, the binder is opened and the ring sections are drawn apart, so that the latch is lifted out of one of the notches, permitting the slide 9 to return to normal position.

Again, it is obvious that the covers 23 may be flexible covers, if so desired, by using any suitable or desired construction therefor.

What I claim as my invention is:

In a visible record removable leaf holder, the combination of a back having tilting sections therein, arranged to tilt about parallel axes disposed at the outer longitudinal edges of the back, ring halves on each section, and instrumentalities whereby the halves on one section are movable in unison out of alignment with the ring halves of the other section, said instrumentalities comprising a plate rigid with the ring halves and slidable on said one of said sections, in combination wit-h means for holding said plate in any one of three adjusted positions, together with a click device to indicate each of said three positions of the slidable plate on its allotted section.

Specification signed this 3rd day of June,

HERBERT AUSTIN GONSOR. 

